Vernon Lee Burress

1889 - 1961  (72 years)

• Name	Vernon Lee Burress
  Birth	11 Apr 1889	Tazewell County, Virginia
  Census 1900	1900	Clear Fork, Tazewell, Virginia
  No Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status Years Married Children Born/Living BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation 26 63 Wesley Burress Head M White Sep 1852 47 M Virginia Virginia Virginia Day Laborer 27 63 Maggie Burress Wife F White Jun 1856 43 M Virginia Virginia Virginia 28 63 Bittle G. Burress Son M White Nov 1877 22 S Virginia Virginia Virginia RR Flagman 29 63 Betty M. Burress Daughter F White Apr 1880 20 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 30 63 Josie M. Burress Daughter F White Jul 1882 17 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 31 63 Laura B. Burress Daughter F White Aug 1884 15 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 32 63 Hattie E. Burress Daughter F White Oct 1886 13 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 33 63 Vernon L Burress Son M White Apr 1889 1 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 34 63 Ida G. Burress Daughter F White Sep 1891 8 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 35 63 Jessie Burress Daughter F White May 1894 6 S Virginia Virginia Virginia   Transcript ID is  dbid=9999&iid=n16y_164
  Census 1910	1910	Clear Fork, Tazewell, Virginia
  No Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status Years Married Children Born/Living BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation 56 91 John W. Burress Head M White 1850 60 M Virginia Virginia Virginia Farmer 57 91 Mary M. Burress Wife F White 1854 56 M Virginia Virginia Virginia 58 91 Orgie Burress Daughter F White 1876 34 S Virginia Virginia Virginia Phone Operator 59 91 Bettie Burress Daughter F White 1881 29 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 60 91 Ida Burress Daughter F White 1892 18 S Virginia Virginia Virginia Phone Operator 61 91 Vernon Burress Son M White 1889 21 S Virginia Virginia Virginia Dreyman 62 91 Jessie Burress Daughter F White 1895 15 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 63 91 Lydia Burress Daugter F White 1874 36 Widowed Virginia Virginia Virginia   Transcript ID is  dbid=9999&iid=w148_165
  Newspaper	8 Jun 1911	Graham, Tazewell, Virginia
  Vernon Burress accepts position with Engineering corps
  	VL Burress
  Newspaper	11 Feb 1915	Graham, Tazewell, Virginia
  Vernon Burress held the lucky number at the last drawing of the Moore suit club.
  Newspaper	29 Jul 1915	Graham, Tazewell, Virginia
  A number of Grahamites, including several ladies, enjoyed a big fox chase on East River Mountain Tuesday night. Grace Hall was chosen master of hounds and the dogs were not long in finding a good trail. The chase lasted an hour when the fox went to earth near the big bluffs under the brink of the mountain. It WaS the first experience at chasing for some of the ladies but they enjoyed the fun immensely. Those in the party were Mrs. J.W Moore, Misses Orgie, Ida and Jessie Burress, Marue Scott, Mandeline Trout, Gertrude and Mabel Rucker, Billie and Marie Hall and Edna Kelster and Donald Sanders, Ray Hart, Verny Burress, Bob Greever, Walter Keister, A.G. Hall and Amos Wade.
  Newspaper	7 Sep 1915	Tazewell County, Virginia
  Labor Day parade
  	VL Burress
  Census 1920	1920	Graham, Tazewell, Virginia
  No Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation Veteran Street 5 64 Vernon Burress Head M White 1891 29 S Virginia Virginia Virginia Truck Dr 6 64 Orgie Burress Sister F White 1880 40 S Virginia Virginia Virginia Nurse Pr 7 64 Bettie Burress Sister F White 1883 37 S Virginia Virginia Virginia Seamstre 8 64 Ida Burress Sister F White 1892 28 S Virginia Virginia Virginia Milliner   Transcript ID is  dbid=9999&iid=vr59_166
  Newspaper	8 Apr 1922	Graham, Tazewell, Virginia
  V.L. Burress Narrowly Escapes Being Crushed to Death, Piano Falls on Driver of Truck...
  	Piano Falls on Driver of Truck (V.L. Burress) 8 April 1922
  Newspaper	2 Dec 1923	Graham, Tazewell, Virginia
  2 Dec 1923 Vernon Burress and sisters, Misses Orgie and Ida and Miss Edith Cook motored to Norton for the weekend to visit Mrs. G.W. Floyd
  Census 1930	1930	Bluefield, Tazewell, Virginia
  No Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation Veteran Street 5 119 Vernon L Burress Head M White 1890 40 M Virginia Virginia Virginia General Hauling 6 119 Mabel G. Burress Wife F White 1902 28 M Virginia Virginia Virginia 7 119 Barkley Burress Son M White 1925 5 Virginia Virginia Virginia 8 119 Phyllis A. Burress Daughter F White 1927 3 Virginia Virginia Virginia 9 119 Nancy A. Burress Daughter F White 1928 2 Virginia Virginia Virginia 10 119 George E. Compton Step Son M White 1923 7 Virginia Virginia Virginia 11 119 Orgie Burress Sister F White 1876 54 S Virginia Virginia Virginia Hospital Nurse 12 119 Bettie Burress Sister F White 1882 48 S Virginia Virginia Virginia   Transcript ID is  dbid=9999&iid=065m_167
  Newspaper	12 Oct 1941	Bailey, Tazewell, Virginia
  Mr. and Mrs. F.G. Adkinson, of Deland, FL, Mrs Madge Cook and son, Bluefield, VA and Mrs. Orga Burress, Bluefield, West Virginia were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. V.L Burress Sunday.
  Newspaper	26 Oct 1941	Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia
  Mr. and Mrs. V.L Burress and family attended the funeral of Mr. F.G. Atkinson, Friday in Bluefield. Mr. Atkinson was a brother in law of Mr. Burress.
  Newspaper	13 Jun 1946	Bluefield, Tazewell, Virginia
  Vernon L. Burress, 56 of 130 Hicks Street, Bluefield, Virginia received bruises about the face and left wrist when a stove fell from the rear of a truck, striking him as it fell. He was a patient at Bluefield sanitarium, but hospital attaches said their his condition was satisfactory.
  Newspaper	11 May 1950	Tazewell County, Virginia
  Virginia Sider Fined / Bluefield Daily Telegrah
  Death	18 Oct 1961	Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia
  Burial	20 Oct 1961	Maple Hill Cemetery, Bluefield, Tazewell, Virginia
  		Vernon Lee Burress Grave
  Siblings	10 siblings
  1. Victoria E. Burress           b. 12 Dec 1870, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 20 Nov 1895, Tazewell County, Virginia  (Age 24 years)   2. Lydia G. Burress           b. 18 Jan 1873, Burkes Garden, Tazewell, Virgina           d. 31 Jul 1960, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia  (Age 87 years)   3. Orgie Burress           b. 29 Nov 1875, Burkes Garden, Tazewell, Virgina           d. 25 Jun 1949, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia  (Age 73 years)   4. Bittle Gordon Burress           b. 8 Sep 1877, Burkes Garden, Tazewell, Virgina           d. 20 Jan 1906, Tazewell County, Virginia  (Age 28 years)   5. Elizabeth "Bettie" M. Burress           b. 11 May 1880, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 15 May 1967, DeLand, Volusia, Florida  (Age 87 years) + 6. Josephine "Josie" Mae Burress           b. 16 Jul 1882, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 4 Jun 1962, Draper, Pulaski, Virginia  (Age 79 years) + 7. Laura Annabelle Burress           b. 18 Aug 1884, Burkes Garden, Tazewell, Virgina           d. 13 Apr 1956, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia  (Age 71 years)   8. Hattie E. Burress           b. Oct 1886, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 24 Mar 1910, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia  (Age 23 years)   9. Ida Grace Burress           b. 15 Sep 1891, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. May 1967, DeLand, Volusia, Florida  (Age 75 years) + 10. Jessie Elizabeth Burress           b. 24 May 1894, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia           d. 29 Oct 1975, Broward County, Florida  (Age 81 years)
  Person ID	P1231	Burress

  
  

  Father	John Wesley Burress           b. Sep 1849, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 2 Jan 1920, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Mary Margurite Hall           b. 28 Apr 1854, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 24 Dec 1917, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1867	Tazewell County, Virginia
  Family ID	F185	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Mabel Delilah Givens           b. 2 Aug 1902, Falls Mills, Tazewell, Virginia           d. 25 Dec 1991, Bluefield, Tazewell, Virginia (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	Mercer County, West Virginia
  Children	4 sons and 3 daughters
  1. George E. Burress           b. Abt 1922, Virginia  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Julian Berkley Burress           b. 4 Nov 1924, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia           d. 14 Dec 2001, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age 77 years)   3. Phyllis A Burress           b. Abt 1926  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Nancy A. Burress           b. Abt 1927, Virginia  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Barbara Sue Burress           b. 19 Nov 1933, Bluefield, Tazewell, Virginia           d. 27 May 2017, Bluefield, Tazewell, Virginia (Age 83 years)   6. Clifton Marice Burress           b. 13 Apr 1946, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia           d. 9 Feb 2016, Bishopville, Lee, South Carolina (Age 69 years)   7. Barry Lee Burress           b. 20 Aug 1942, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia           d. 3 Apr 1972, Chamblee, DeKalb, Georgia (Age 29 years)
  Family ID	F216	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 11 Apr 1889 - Tazewell County, Virginia Census 1900 - 1900 - Clear Fork, Tazewell, Virginia Census 1910 - 1910 - Clear Fork, Tazewell, Virginia Newspaper - Vernon Burress accepts position with Engineering corps - 8 Jun 1911 - Graham, Tazewell, Virginia Newspaper - Vernon Burress held the lucky number at the last drawing of the Moore suit club. - 11 Feb 1915 - Graham, Tazewell, Virginia Newspaper - A number of Grahamites, including several ladies, enjoyed a big fox chase on East River Mountain Tuesday night. Grace Hall was chosen master of hounds and the dogs were not long in finding a good trail. The chase lasted an hour when the fox went to earth near the big bluffs under the brink of the mountain. It WaS the first experience at chasing for some of the ladies but they enjoyed the fun immensely. Those in the party were Mrs. J.W Moore, Misses Orgie, Ida and Jessie Burress, Marue Scott, Mandeline Trout, Gertrude and Mabel Rucker, Billie and Marie Hall and Edna Kelster and Donald Sanders, Ray Hart, Verny Burress, Bob Greever, Walter Keister, A.G. Hall and Amos Wade. - 29 Jul 1915 - Graham, Tazewell, Virginia Newspaper - Labor Day parade - 7 Sep 1915 - Tazewell County, Virginia Census 1920 - 1920 - Graham, Tazewell, Virginia Newspaper - V.L. Burress Narrowly Escapes Being Crushed to Death, Piano Falls on Driver of Truck... - 8 Apr 1922 - Graham, Tazewell, Virginia Newspaper - 2 Dec 1923 Vernon Burress and sisters, Misses Orgie and Ida and Miss Edith Cook motored to Norton for the weekend to visit Mrs. G.W. Floyd - 2 Dec 1923 - Graham, Tazewell, Virginia Census 1930 - 1930 - Bluefield, Tazewell, Virginia Newspaper - Mr. and Mrs. F.G. Adkinson, of Deland, FL, Mrs Madge Cook and son, Bluefield, VA and Mrs. Orga Burress, Bluefield, West Virginia were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. V.L Burress Sunday. - 12 Oct 1941 - Bailey, Tazewell, Virginia Newspaper - Mr. and Mrs. V.L Burress and family attended the funeral of Mr. F.G. Atkinson, Friday in Bluefield. Mr. Atkinson was a brother in law of Mr. Burress. - 26 Oct 1941 - Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia Newspaper - Vernon L. Burress, 56 of 130 Hicks Street, Bluefield, Virginia received bruises about the face and left wrist when a stove fell from the rear of a truck, striking him as it fell. He was a patient at Bluefield sanitarium, but hospital attaches said their his condition was satisfactory. - 13 Jun 1946 - Bluefield, Tazewell, Virginia Newspaper - Virginia Sider Fined / Bluefield Daily Telegrah - 11 May 1950 - Tazewell County, Virginia Death - 18 Oct 1961 - Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia Burial - 20 Oct 1961 - Maple Hill Cemetery, Bluefield, Tazewell, Virginia Marriage - - Mercer County, West Virginia  = Link to Google Earth
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